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A nice conclusion

Revisado: 12-12-24

Plot twisted unexpectedly, but in a good way. Cornwell brought this series to a good conclusion.

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Not well organized, not a lot of substance

Revisado: 06-27-22

I’m not sure what caused the author to organize the book in the manner it was, but it made for a confusing read. This is mostly based on archeological finds and as such seems pretty speculative.

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Very pretentious author

Revisado: 06-04-22

This author is the reason people dislike academics. His writing is so pompous, elitist and arrogant. The entire first HOUR of the book is dedicated to explaining why every author before him was/is wrong and then proceeds to provide very few original interpretations. It’s a shame because the rest of the Penguin History of Europe series is good. Do yourself a favor and find a substitute for this book.

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What even was that?

Revisado: 04-27-22

Wow that was one bad book. It was pretty pointless. Where did the editors even come up with the book description? It is not accurate.

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Rife with male chauvinism

Revisado: 04-10-22

The misogyny starts in the very first sentence. It’s not a good sci-fi story, but it’s also the worst perspective modern sci-fi can offer.

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Dragonlance fans, don’t bother

Revisado: 04-09-22

Only one of the stories is worth listening to. I don’t mind the introduction of Astinus’ brother, but the stories are less intriguing than the older anthologies. I can’t believe the print version has any value.

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This was a pointless addition to the series

Revisado: 03-01-22

This book accomplished nothing in terms of character development and was entirely unnecessary in the series. It also didn’t advance events and spent very little time on the dynastic struggles in Bernicia. In fact the author just dropped that part of the story rather abruptly and casually mentioned it at the end as if his editor had to remind him of the point of the series.

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Repetitive and silly parallels to modern history

Revisado: 05-31-21

The narrator was difficult to listen to. He insists on a dramatic inflection of the last word of every other sentence.

The subject matter is interesting, but all the book did was trace the first phase of the plague through Europe and suddenly ended. I don’t understand why the author felt the need to compare the events to WWI and WWII. Most of this audience wouldn’t have lived through those event either, so the impact is minimal.

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Unnecessary departure from normal storytelling

Revisado: 12-24-20

While the story telling from the point of view of Skippy is an enjoyable idea, this “opera” was painful to listen to. Obviously RC Bray was excellent as usual but the rest of cast, with the exceptions of Smyth and Frey, were painful to listen to. The story is fine but the format was not. In unfortunate that this is a necessary listen to understand all of the references in the next book. I hope they don’t do this again.

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Incredibly Disappointing, Barely a sequel to Forever War

Revisado: 09-26-20

First off, the narrator is unbearable. His needless emphasis of words makes this hard to listen to. I’ve heard him narrate other books and he does not usually ruin the story through his “acting,” but this one is egregious.

The story can hardly be called part of a series with Forever War, which I enjoyed. The characters hardly resemble those from the first story who are just caught up in a timeline they cannot control. In this, they show aptitude and a desire to control their destiny. The search for meaning is not even mentioned until the final two sections when the story takes such a dark turn that it can’t even be recognized as a continuation of the first book.

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